Matt Bonner Back For More: One-Year, Minimum Deal

[itzkarl813]

Glad to hear it! Always liked him, hope he stays with the front office/coaching staff after after this season

[SpurPadre]

I'm actually starting to admire it for the of it all..Imagine Bonner 3 time NBA Champions ..More rings with Spurs than D Rob ..

Like Kim Kardashian or Paris Hilton inheriting millions doing nothing simply because of their families.

[Spur|n|Austin]

Waste of money. At least Ayres can play defense

Baynes couldn't catch super AIDS

[Bruno]

In a roster with so much quality PFs, I'm not really sure what Bonner will bring to the team. Saying that, he has a decent level for an end of the bench guy, he knows the system and he is a great teammate. It's a signing that doesn't really make Spurs better but a 6th big isn't signed to male a team better.

Personally, I'm kinda happy to see Bonner back. I didn't like him when he was playing 20mpg but when he is playing very little, he is a nice guy to have around.

[SpurPadre]

[DPG21920]

Bonner should be the main inactive player most nights as things stand. No way you can do that to Simmons or Kyle due to depth. Esp if SA doesn't sign another SF.

[Arcadian]

Why?!

Do we really need six bigs? Most teams don't have six bigs, nor do they need that many. We still need a wingman shooter. Bonner doesn't add anything to this team at this point. It's nothing personal; he's a cool guy, and if he wants to stay with the Spurs organization, I'd be very supportive of him becoming an assistant coach. But not as a player.

[spurraider21]

Why?!

[peacemaker885]

WOOOHOOOOOOOOO!!!!!

[loveforthegame]

FFS. He just won't go away.

[Bruno]

With the Bonner signing, are the Spurs automatically over the lux tax threshold next season? Looks pretty damn close to me. Bruno?

Without counting Reggie Williams salary, Spurs will have 14 guaranteed contracts:
- If West sign an one year contract (count for $947,276 against the tax), I have Spurs $64K above the tax
- If West sign a 2 years contract with likely the second year being a player option (count for $1,499,187 against the tax), I have Spurs $620K above the tax.

Diaw salary could possibly end up being a little lower than the figure I use ($7.5M) provided he doesn't reach his incentives. In this case, Spurs could end up below the tax if West is on an one year contract.

[timtonymanu]

Isn't it about time you purchased yourself a Bonner jersey?

[SAGirl]

Considering that the Spurs appeared ready to let Bonner walk a few days ago, I think this move may be a sign that the Spurs are now higher on Kyle Anderson (and possibly Jonathon Simmons). If they think Anderson is a legit backup small forward (and he's looked the part over the last two or three summer league games), suddenly you don't really have to sign an old retread and can instead wait and possibly shop the buyout market later in the year.

SG: Green, Ginobili, Simmons, McCallum, Mills
SF: Leonard, Anderson, Green, Ginobili, Simmons (?), Diaw (?)

That depth is pretty good if Anderson has convinced the Spurs he's a real NBA player and Simmons has convinced the Spurs he's a prospect worthy of a minutes to analyze further.

This was really my hope. I really like KA, but I am realistic and a believer that like Cojo, he will get his chance in due time. However, as the situation in FA for wing players started to look very empty of even no-defense playing shooters, coinciding with KA and Simmons forming a dynamic tandem in SL I think I realized that there really isn't anyone better than those two for those minutes. If I remember correctly I saw somewhere that RC was still looking to address wing depth, but that they were also looking at internal development. Shortly after that they signed Simmons.

[jsandiego]

[ceperez]

Without counting Reggie Williams salary, Spurs will have 14 guaranteed contracts:
- If West sign an one year contract (count for $947,276 against the tax), I have Spurs $64K above the tax
- If West sign a 2 years contract with likely the second year being a player option (count for $1,499,187 against the tax), I have Spurs $620K above the tax.

Diaw salary could possibly end up being a little lower than the figure I use ($7.5M) provided he doesn't reach his incentives. In this case, Spurs could end up below the tax if West is on an one year contract.

I thought it was earlier reported that West was on a one year contract?

Well... final roster :

Parker/Mills/McCallum
Green/Ginobili/Simmons
Leonard/Anderson
Aldridge/Diaw/West
Duncan/Marjanovic/Bonner

I guess Copeland didn't sign.

[Darkwaters]

I was totally on board the covert "stash him in the FO" train. That being said, I've advocated this entire offseason that Bonner should be in the plans in some capacity. He just makes a lot of sense as an end-of-the-bench, super cheap option.

Good signing. Don't overthink it.

[Chomag]

Just put the man's jersey up in the rafters already!

[MVPCues]

So much for what I thought. I can't help but think he got an offer from someone and Spurs moved to retain him. Good for him.

I'm not worried about how he will be used or what he may or may not be able to do. I guess there wasn't a better minimum option, all things considered.

[bigfan]

Meh, why not? He is useful I guess.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

YES!!

Now I can relax a little bit. This offseason would have gone down in Spurs lore as "the summer we lost Matt Bonner" had this signing not gone down.

Amen.

[monkeypunk]

Hopefully Matty comes back and has a bounce-back year. I mean I'm not holding my breath, but would be nice if he came in a little extra motivated.

I just want him to get his % back up. He can still play good post and team defense but if his shot isn't a threat, he's an overall liability.

Great locker room guy though...

[ChumpDumper]

The signing makes sense.

Will be interesting to see what Lalanne does now. He could benefit from either Europe or the D-League, so it's pretty much up to him whether the Spurs can keep his rights.

[Chinook]

Considering that the Spurs appeared ready to let Bonner walk a few days ago, I think this move may be a sign that the Spurs are now higher on Kyle Anderson (and possibly Jonathon Simmons). If they think Anderson is a legit backup small forward (and he's looked the part over the last two or three summer league games), suddenly you don't really have to sign an old retread and can instead wait and possibly shop the buyout market later in the year.

SG: Green, Ginobili, Simmons, McCallum, Mills
SF: Leonard, Anderson, Green, Ginobili, Simmons (?), Diaw (?)

That depth is pretty good if Anderson has convinced the Spurs he's a real NBA player and Simmons has convinced the Spurs he's a prospect worthy of a minutes to analyze further.

That's my read. Also, they'll probably be willing to play two PGs more. If a West-like wing were willing to come over, that would be one thing. But I think they value flexibility over a Rasul Butler type.

[ceperez]

Bonner is the Ibaka Killer... absolutely needed to be signed.

[Ed Helicopter Jones]

I'm not a believer in Anderson yet. I'll be curious to see how his game is projecting towards being NBA ready. Banking on him to be Kawhi's primary backup would be a mistake.